PS: In July 1995, Al-Faran kidnapped 4 Western trekkers from
Pahalgam. They demanded that in return of the hostages, 21 of their jailed
comrades be released by India. Four days later one hostage escaped. But on that
very day, 2 more trekkers were abducted. Hans Christian Ostro from Norway was
one of the two. The other was Dirk Hasert from Germany.

Hans Christian Ostro was beheaded and his body found in the
upper reaches of Pahalgam on 13 August. He was 27. What became of the other hostages is
not known with certainty.